Mr. Martin McMahon:

The Deputy is referring to the Revenue Commissioners' code of practice. I believe committee members have with them correspondence from the committee to me. It says that the code of practice came from the employment status group, which was set up in a rush after I requested a scope section decision on my insurability of employment. My case was specifically discussed by the group while it was sub judice. The decision of the group, as recorded by the Communication Workers Union, which was present at the time, was that thestatus quohad to remain. The status quo is test cases, which are prohibited by the higher courts. The code of practice that was mentioned is a voluntary one, not a statutory one. It has-----